Friday, March 10
Long Beach, Calif.
11:30 AM
UCLA
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Junior Madeline Jelenicki had a pair of hits in both ends of Friday's doubleheader.
Twin 8-0, Five-Inning Victories for #10 UCLA
March 10, 2017 | Softball
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LONG BEACH, Calif. -ย The 10th-ranked Bruins recorded a pair of 8-0, five-inning victories on Friday at the Louisville Slugger Invitational, defeating Eastern Michigan and Longwood at the Long Beach State Softball Complex.
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In game one, the Bruins (17-5) had nine hits from seven players, as senior Delaney Spaulding and junior Madeline Jelenicki each had a pair. In the circle, junior Selina Ta'amilo (5-0) struck out five in five innings of one-hit ball. She retired the first nine batters of the game before surrendering a leadoff infield single in the top of the fourth. Ta'amilo would then set down the last six of the contest, striking out a pair in the first and the fifth.
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In the bottom of the first, the Bruins scored twice, as Spaulding led off with a walk, and two outs later, came home on a two-run homer to left by Jelenicki, her seventh of the year to tie for the team lead.
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UCLA added one more in the third. Spaulding led off with a double to center, moved to third on a single up the middle by junior Kylee Perez and scored when Perez stole second and the throw down went into center field.
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In the fifth, the Bruins scored five times to invoke the mercy rule. Perez led off with a walk, moved to third on a single to right by sophomore Paige Halstead and scored on an Eastern Michigan (8-8) throwing error. After a Jelenicki single to left and a hit by pitch of freshman Bubba Nickles, Ta'amilo singled to center to bring in freshman Jenna Crawford, who was running for Halstead, and Jelenicki to make it 6-0. A single to left by sophomore Brianna Tautalafua scored Nickles to plate the Bruins' seventh run, and two outs later, Spaulding ended things with a single to center to drive in Tautalafua to end the 8-0 victory.
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In game two, the Bruins (18-5) had 12 hits from seven different players. Perez tied a career high with a 4-for-4 game, while Jelenicki and Spaulding posted two-hit affairs for the second time on the afternoon. Junior Johanna Grauer (6-1) struck out three in four shutout innings, allowing one hit and two walks. She had 1-2-3 innings in the second and third. Redshirt freshman Rachel Garcia struck out all three batters she faced in the fifth.
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The Bruins scored seven times and sent 12 to the plate in a 26-minute top of the first inning. Spaulding led off with a single to left-center, Perez reached on a bunt single and a Halstead single to right scored Spaulding to make it 1-0. Jelenicki followed with a single to left to bring in Perez with the Bruins' second run. Then Tautalafua made it 5-0 with a three-run homer to center, her sixth of the season. A spate of illegal pitches for Longwood (7-11) then brought in the sixth run, as Nickles walked and scored after three illegal pitches with Garcia up. With Garcia reaching on a walk and moving to second on another illegal pitch, Crawford came in to run, scoring on consecutive passed balls to make it 7-0.
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The Bruins scored the magical eighth run in the fifth with a two-out rally. With sophomore Zoe Shaw at first, Spaulding singled up the middle and Perez doubled to center to plate Shaw to make it 8-0.
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The Bruins play twice more in Long Beach on Saturday, facing Boston University at 9 a.m. and the host 49ers at 11:30 a.m. Live audio and stats will be available at UCLABruins.com.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ta'amilo, Selina (5-0)
L: TRUJILLO, Trisha (5-3)
Batting:
SH: WAGNER, Taylor 1
Batting:
2B: Spaulding, Delaney 1
HR: Jelenicki, Madeline 1
RBI: Spaulding, Delaney 1 ; Jelenicki, Madeline 2 ; Tautalafua, Brianna 1 ; Ta'amilo, Selina 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Spaulding, Delaney 2 ; Perez, Kylee 1 ; Crawford, Jenna 1 ; Jelenicki, Madeline 2 ; Nickles, Bubba 1 ; Tautalafua, Brianna 1
SB: Perez, Kylee 1 ; Johnson, Imani 1
CS: Johnson, Imani 1
HBP: Nickles, Bubba 1 ; Tautalafua, Brianna 1
Game Leaders
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